Chaplain funds might go
through states: PM (The West
Australian) June 20 - Money for the controversial school chaplaincy program could be
directed through the states, as the federal government tries to overcome a High
Court ruling against it.

Showdown looms over
chaplains in schools (The Age,
Melbourne) June 21 - The federal government faces a showdown with some states over whether
to allow schools to appoint secular welfare workers instead of chaplains in the
wake of the High Court decision invalidating the existing funding agreement.

Push to divert chaplain
cash to school councillors(Herald-Sun, Melbourne) June 21 - THEHigh Court decision against
the school chaplaincy program could enable its funding to be used for trained
counsellors or for students with disabilities, say Tasmanian teacher and parent
groups.

Catholic
Church

Religious
Violence

Religious
Violence - ISIS
in Iraq

West must not let ISIS’
terror threaten the Middle East (The
Courier-Mail, Brisbane) June 19 – (Opinion: Editorial) A CITIZEN in Baghdad summarised the terror that
is being felt by the millions of people in the Iraq capital when he told a US
journalist this week: “You don’t know who is with you, and who is against you.”

Gay marriage: top US
Presbyterian council approves same-sex weddings (The Guardian, Australia) June 20 - The top legislative body of the Presbyterian church in the US has
voted by a large margin to recognize same-sex marriage as Christian in the
church constitution, adding language that marriage can be the union of
"two people," not just "a man and a woman".

RELIGION
& SOCIETY

Man who wore colander on
his head says it is part of religion (The Australian) June 20 - AN Adelaide man who had his gun licence photo taken with a colander
on his head says it is significant to his religion — the Church of the Flying
Spaghetti Monster — and he should not have had to undertake a psychological
test.